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Iraqis from Yazidi community struggle after fleeing Islamic State

Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community cross the Fishkhabur bridge into Syria to be escorted by Kurdish forces to their semi-autonomous zone in northern Iraq.

Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community cross the Fishkhabur bridge into Syria to be escorted by Kurdish forces to their semi-autonomous zone in northern Iraq.   (Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP/ Getty Images)

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Yazidi religious refugees have been stranded on a mountaintop in northern Iraq after fleeing militants with the Islamic State. A few have been rescued by air, and others have made their way into Syria for escort back to safer areas of Iraq.

Iraq rescue

Yazidis gather for food at the Nowruz camp in Derike, Syria. The Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve an escape route for tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop.   (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)

Iraq rescue

A Syrian Kurdish peshmerga fighter stands guard as Iraqi refugees from the Yazidi community arrive at the Nowruz camp in Derike.   (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)

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